Inside Out

Oct 27, 2011 Fifi Garcia rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is so interested. I would've never pick it if my reading teacher wouldn't show it to me.

Nov 11, 2012 Kelsey R rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The book Inside Out, by Terry Trueman is a story about a 16 year old boy with adolescence schizophrenia who has an experience that may seem terrifying to others. His name is Zach Wahhsted. He has no judgment of how he feels or what he should do in certain situations. He also often can't tell what's real or fake. His sense of right and wrong are very blurry to him. He has voices in his head that constantly tell him that he should kill himself and call him “worthless” and “worthless wasteoid” he...more The book Inside Out, by Terry Trueman is a story about a 16 year old boy with adolescence schizophrenia who has an experience that may seem terrifying to others. His name is Zach Wahhsted. He has no judgment of how he feels or what he should do in certain situations. He also often can't tell what's real or fake. His sense of right and wrong are very blurry to him. He has voices in his head that constantly tell him that he should kill himself and call him “worthless” and “worthless wasteoid” he calls these voices Rat and Dirtbag. The setting of the book takes place inside of Sunshine Express Cafe in Spokane, Washington. Zach's mother picks him up everyday at this cafe after school and gives him his medication, ever since he had tried killing himself one day after school, but she got home just on time to save him. It was a normal day so far, Zach was waiting for his mom to pick him up, when all of a sudden two teen robbers who are armed with a gun each come in. One of them yells “This is a robbery, we're just here for the cash registers, you all just sit tight!” Zach tells us, “I look around at everybody else in this place, and they all look scared, so I'm trying to look scared too. I mean, I guess I'm scared, but this all seems so normal to me. The thing is, I'm used to seeing and hearing really weird stuff, so this doesn't feel that strange to me at all.” as everyone remains silent to everything they say, Zach decides to answer to almost everything they say, even asking their names at one point. They respond with the names Frosty and Stormy, but later Zach finds out that their real names are Alan and Joey Mender. Zach believes them and keeps talking to them, he is not scared at all. They can tell that something is wrong with Zach, so they go easy on him and just tell him to shut up a lot and when they do, Zach listens and stops talking. At a later point when the police are outside, they make a deal with Alan and Joey that if they let all the “hostages” go that they won't charge them with kidnapping, and they will be tried as juveniles, which means they will be treated as minors should be and probably will get little to no jail time. Alan doesn't believe they can trust the police, so Zach offers to call his doctor, Dr. Curt because he says that he trusts him and he always helps. They agree and once they get in touch with Dr. Curt, he says he will get the police to put everything into writing and check it to assure them that they're going to be okay. He also needs to give Zach his medication because he is an hour and a half late and feels like he has ants crawling in his skin. He gets visited by Rat and Dirtbag when he shows Alan and Joey a back entrance and they try to get out. They make it half way down the alley but then somebody sees them and Alan and Joey run back to the cafe, but Zach can't move because Rat and Dirtbag want him to die. Alan runs back to save him and yells “What the hell were you doing, Zach? You kept yelling 'Die. Die, die!' Were you trying to get yourself killed?” Zach couldn't explain. Alan's hand had gotten shot saving him, but he's okay. We find out that Alan and Joey only did all this to try to get money for their mom who is very sick with cancer and they have no money to pay for her treatments. They just wanted the money and never wanted to shoot anybody whatsoever. In the end, they all go outside to the police and Zach takes his medication, eats some maple bars and is thanked by some people. Joey and Alan hug their mom then they get arrested. Three months later, hey were sentenced to 9 months of juvenile detention and 2 years of probation. Zach ends up committing suicide at his mother's house just a week before that. I didn't really like the ending. I was glad that everyone ended up safe, but it was sad to find out that Zach had committed suicide. This ending made me think about the struggles that people like him actually go through every day, and its upsetting.
My favorite character was the narrator, Zach. I reacted strongly to this character because his disease is sad, but him as a person stays strong for a while, even though this disease is basically trying to kill him. I think the author intended this reaction because there are a lot of touchy subjects throughout the whole story. They are all very real and practical and many people have experienced, or have seen somebody experience diseases. Whether the disease is permanent or temporary, it is a struggle for everybody around that person. It is move of an overall reaction most people will have, but there are a few personal reactions that drew me into this character.
My overall thoughts on this book is that it very well written, and can be personally connected to many people, and I like books that can do that because you can get more into it. I like how they tied in the thoughts Zach constantly has because of his schizophrenia. It was interesting to see how the brains of people who have this disease act and think. I would recommend this book. Anyone can read it really, but it would probably be most affective and interesting for young adults, though, because the main characters in this book are all young, so teens like me could connect better to it. All in all, this book is very good and I enjoyed reading it, I recommend other people read it too. (less)

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Dec 01, 2011 Jonah Pearson added it

Inside Out Review
Jonah Pearson

Spokane, Washington, Sunshine Express Café, mid afternoon. The setting of Terry Trueman’s novel Inside Out. The book is about a sixteen year old boy named Zachary. Terry son was born in 1979; unfortunately he was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. This gave him an inspiration to write about others with unfortunate diseases. Zach, in the novel has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia, a disease that doesn’t allow the mind to calculate or experience emotion. This is not only...more Inside Out Review
Jonah Pearson

Spokane, Washington, Sunshine Express Café, mid afternoon. The setting of Terry Trueman’s novel Inside Out. The book is about a sixteen year old boy named Zachary. Terry son was born in 1979; unfortunately he was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. This gave him an inspiration to write about others with unfortunate diseases. Zach, in the novel has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia, a disease that doesn’t allow the mind to calculate or experience emotion. This is not only about Zach and him dealing with his disease. It is a high paced crime that ends with twist that will leave you shocked.

Zachary is a complex and frustrating character. Because he can not experience emotion, he doesn’t understand what to do when he is put in danger. Trueman gives you a descriptive view on the entire story. Throughout the entire book I just wanted to scream at Zach to say “No! Don’t do that, that’s not a good idea.” The author basically gave me a role as a character in the story. He really gives you a front row seat for all the action.

Zach meets his mother every day after school at The Sunshine Express Café. Today he is taken hostage by two teen gunmen who take the entire stores employees and customers into a back room as hostages. The two gunmen are in their teen, one is fourteen and his brother is seventeen. They both are very stereotypical characters, at least to begin with. The two have codenames the older boy Frosty is named Allen; the younger boy, Stormy is named Joey. The two seem like two teen punks just tying to collect some quick cash, but after Zach starts to ask them questions you realize that the two are much deeper characters then I thought.

The Story’s two main problems are that Zach must find his meds before his Schizophrenia gets any worse and that Allen and Joey must find a way out of the coffee shop without any severe punishment. Zach’s doctor could fix all the problems. The three boys call Dr. Curtis so he can meet them at the coffee shop not only to give Zachary his medication, but to also help Allen and Joey out of their situation. Dr. Curtis is a key role in this story although he is only introduced with a few chapters left in the story.

Inside Out is a strong and compelling novel for readers young and old. With the book only rounding out at about 130 pages, it is an easy read for young children to teens. This book has many aspects that should be attractive to any type of reader. If you are looking for a fast paced crime, Inside Out can be a good read. Also I would recommend this story for anyone who is affected by any mental or physical illnesses. Terry Trueman gives every reader front row seat in the story of Inside Out.
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Nov 11, 2011 Lisette Quiroz rated it 4 of 5 stars

Well, I remember the day I asked the librarians from my old school to help me find a new book, one that's a tad different from the ones I read like supernatural, romance, just plain happy.

They asked what kind I would like. So I think and out of no where, I think of my older brother, Luis. You see, my brother's Autistic. It's a sort of disorder. Not sure how to say it except like it's like being a child but you grow and grow and never change. If you want, look up "Autism" in Wikipedia and find ou...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Daniel Pena rated it 4 of 5 stars

“Inside out” by Terry Truman that I read is pretty good but I give it a 4 because of his creativity . “The two suits sitting over at the table against the wall are white as ghosts”. Page 4. Zach, you’re a stupid wong-gong, a long-gone wong-gong.” Page 6. “I know what that means, but lucky for me, it’s not Dirtbag and Rat.” Page 12. “The two suits sitting over at the table against the wall are white as ghosts. That tells me that the can blend in with the wall because of their suits are white as G...more

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Nov 30, 2010 Lindsay Paige rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Inside Out is a story told through Zach. He's sitting in a coffee shop waiting on his mom to pick him up and give him his medication so he won't have visits from Dirtbag and Rat, voices Zach hears when he's late taking his medications. Two guys, Frosty and Stormy as Zach is told, come to rob the shop.

Trueman writes a powerful, gripping story. Zach comes off to Frosty, Stormy, and the others as a "retard" because he asks off the wall questions when he should be more concerned about these two boy...more

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Apr 29, 2010 Carly rated it 5 of 5 stars

Inside Out is a story about a boy named Zach who has a adolescent schizophrenia which leaves him in a condition of not really knowing the motivations behind other people's emotions and actions. When he sits in a coffee shop, waiting for his mom to come pick him up, masked robbers run in, armed with guns. They take everyone hostage and into the back room of the shop. The robbers not knowing that Zach has his mental conditions, get annoyed of him and threaten to shoot him several times. Zach does...more

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Feb 22, 2010 Kim Broomall rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: people interested in learning about schizophrenia (that's why I read it).

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. ...Wow. Perhaps there is no better word in the English language to sum up how I felt about this book. I felt unbelievably sad at the end, not because it was unexpected, but because things like this happen all the time to real people. The book would still be sad if I didn't have that knowledge, but knowing that the fate that befell the protagonist of this book is not an uncommon one makes it all the worse.

I didn't expect to like the book as much as I did, though I'm not sure if I genuinely liked...more ...Wow. Perhaps there is no better word in the English language to sum up how I felt about this book. I felt unbelievably sad at the end, not because it was unexpected, but because things like this happen all the time to real people. The book would still be sad if I didn't have that knowledge, but knowing that the fate that befell the protagonist of this book is not an uncommon one makes it all the worse.

I didn't expect to like the book as much as I did, though I'm not sure if I genuinely liked the book or just admired it for what it did. I would assume it's much harder to get into the head of a schizophrenic than it is to get into the head of, say, a character with Asperger Syndrome, but it seems pretty realistic to me; almost horrifyingly so. Refreshingly lacking the "unintelligible nutcase" stereotype that was once so prevalent in depictions of schizophrenia, Zach feels like a real kid to me. Reading about what goes on in his head hurt me because of it; if nothing else, the author quite effectively conveyed the soul-crushing pain psychotic symptoms can cause a person. The other characters are interesting too, if not terribly original.

Are there problems with this book? Probably. The book lapses into the didactic every so often, which can be annoying if you're reading purely for STORY and not really for INSIGHT (and even then...). It's not the most spectacularly written book, either. And again, I found a lot of the book to be quite distressing, which I would assume was the author's intention. You can almost feel the sensations and hear the hallucinations Zach does, and it does get pretty intense, and relatively quickly.

That being said, this book kept me turning the pages, and quickly. Though I know not whether this book is accurate in its depiction of the struggle, I do think it succeeds in making a "strange" character feel like a human being. It probably won't appeal to a huge audience, as it has a lot of difficult subject matter and ends quite unhappily (and suddenly). Still, those interested in learning about that which many people (myself included) consider to be the worst of all mental illnesses should check this one out. It's a quick and compelling read, and very admirable in its accomplishments.(less)

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Jun 14, 2012 Rebecca Martinez rated it 3 of 5 stars

I thought the book Inside Out was very well written and informative. The book explains what goes on in the mind of a 16-year-old named Zach who suffers from schizophrenia and is a hostage in a robbery. I also liked the book because it explained in detail about what exactly went on in his mind from the things he sees that aren't there to the people he watches that turn into monsters the next minute. My favorite character would have to be the main character, Zach Wahhsted. I liked how he was very...more

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Jul 26, 2010 Izzy G. rated it 4 of 5 stars

I wasn't a huge fan of the cover. It was an interesting play on the phrase "inside out" and I like the words going across it, but I think there was more that could have been done with it. It would have been neat if the cover was something simple but intriguing, like Flipped.

Anyhow. This book was incredibly gripping. Something about Zach's voice, despite how apathetic he is to what's going on around him, is just so hooking. I was able to put it down but at parts reluctantly. At first I thought Za...more

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Dec 15, 2011 Jeremy Lin rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Nov 07, 2011 Shane Strauch rated it 5 of 5 stars

The book I read, Inside Out by Terry Trueman is actually suspenseful, it is also really awkward. The book was also one of my favorite books, right behind Hatchet. It has a whole load of details and it only has 115 pages! Perfect for me. My book was about a robbery by two teens at a Coffee Cafe. They tried to rob the store for their mom's health. One boy is 14 another is 16. The main character of the book is a 14 year old schitzaphrenic teen named Zach. He doesn't understand some of the situation...more

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Jun 08, 2011 Zanegonzalez90 added it

The booke inside out was a really good book. to me to concept of the book was event though some people have disablities, they can help out alot in random situations like the robbery at the coffe shop. i thought it was shallow on how to robbers treated the people in the shop inlcluding zak. the book can get you thinking alot because zak had a bad case of being sctzifrenic and having to controll alot of it because he was being held at gun point. the ending was unexpecting because i thought that za...more

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Mar 18, 2009 Judie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Zach suspects that things might not be going well when two armed teens burst into the coffee shop where he is waiting for his mother. When their attempted hold-up goes wrong, the teens take everyone in the shop hostage, including the confused Zach. What the robbers don’t realize is that Zach suffers from paranoid adolescent schizophrenia. This condition has left the boy, even with proper medication, in a state of never really knowing the motivations behind other people’s emotions and actions. It...more

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Dec 25, 2010 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Believe it or not this is a teen fiction. I must warn you this book is full of foul language, but that is not the author's focus. I do not think the language detracts from the value of the book. Trueman writes texts that he hopes will get teens and others to see mental illness in a different light. The main character in this book suffers from a split personality disorder and inadvertently gets caught up in a robbery. At times quite entertaining and humorous this book gets you to see mental illne...more

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Dec 01, 2011 Brystereon Brucisis added it

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The story of Inside out a boy named Zach who shows no emotion. He has a disease called schizophrenia, during the story he is held hostage and isn’t allowed to take his medicine. You really get to see the effects of his disease and the way he changes for good and bad through out the story. One of the major reasons why I liked this book was the fact that you never knew what was going to happen next and at the start of each chapter it gives you a look into his past and how his dis...more

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Jan 19, 2011 Jasmine555 added it

I thought this book was very interesting. The whole book was very distinct. There wasnt one time that the book had me clueless, like i knew and remembered that the boy was schizophrenia. There wasnt one time in the book that his illness was apparent. So that was evident and made me realize that he wasnt crazy, he has an illness. I learned what schizophrenia really is from the book. I think it would be a little awkward to be around someone like that at first cause you wouldnt know if they were ta...more

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Feb 22, 2009 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: teens looking for suspense

Shelves: mental-illness, realistic-fiction, thriller, young-adult-lit

Zach is a teenaged boy who suffers from schizophrenia. The story is told through his eyes; he is a somewhat unreliable narrator because he has trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality, especially when he doesn't take his meds on time.

And he can't get his meds because the coffee shop where he waits for his mom to pick him up is being robbed by two teens with guns.

During the course of the standoff with police, the three boys form an unlikely bond. Trueman creates a taut, suspenseful page-turner...more

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Feb 25, 2009 Brad added it

Inside Out was a very short but very good book to read. From the beginning it was filled with non stop suspense, which I like to see in books. It also gives you an idea what it's like to be someone with a mental illness like schizophrenia, and how people deal with the problems it hands out. The book does have a tragic twist at the end, which I'm not going to say but it was a sad ending for the narrator of the book, Zach, and his mother. I highly reconmmend this book if you're looking for a short...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Stephanie Butzer rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was not a great book, but it was a good read. They only part I really liked was the ending. Zach Wahhsted, a 16 year old boy, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, experiences terrifying life experiences. He did not feel or judge what he should do in certain circumstances. His sense of wrong and right seemed blurry to him. He often thought about suicide because of the voices he heard in his head. It was just an ordinary day at the café where Zach waited for his mother to pick him up. A robb...more

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Nov 14, 2011 Megan D. Neal rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, young-adult

This fairly short but riveting and suspenseful story is about Zach, a teen who inadvertently gets caught at a coffee shop during a robbery by two other teens. The novel takes place almost entirely during the stand-off with police, with snippets of insight into Zach's life.

Told in third person from Zach's viewpoint, we realize upon first meeting Zach that all is not quite right, and it's not long before the author allows us the truth: that Zach has schizophrenia, an incurable brain disorder.

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Jun 07, 2010 Hayley rated it 5 of 5 stars

I don't really like to read big books. Unless if they are extremely interesting.This boy really refrains himself of jerking around and constantly talking. When you read this book, you have a diversity of thoughts rushing through your mind. Oh and emotions too! You really don't know how to feel when you read this book. Some people say sometimes if a book is really interesting it almost seems like your watching a movie. This book actually does exactly that. I am really glad I found this book. I re...more

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Oct 07, 2011 Ashley rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This book was pretty disappointing. While the premise was interesting, and the story itself had a lot of potential, I didn't think the writer did the story justice. I felt like the book was poorly researched and only moderately well written. The main character of the story suffers from schizophrenia and while I do not claim to be an expert, or even terribly knowledgable about this disorder, I did study it as part of my undergrad degree,...more Read more on my blog Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing.

This book was pretty disappointing. While the premise was interesting, and the story itself had a lot of potential, I didn't think the writer did the story justice. I felt like the book was poorly researched and only moderately well written. The main character of the story suffers from schizophrenia and while I do not claim to be an expert, or even terribly knowledgable about this disorder, I did study it as part of my undergrad degree, and I felt that the description of this teenager suffering from the disorder was inaccurate and improbable, the sort of stuff you would get from a google search, (and not a very thorough one). For just one example; anti-psychotic medication doesn't work as quickly as the story suggests. At one point, in one of the chapter beginnings (all memos, letters, notes etc. from or to his doctor) the doctor mentions that overnight Zach seems to be doing better on the medication they have given him to calm him, and quite the voices. Many times throughout the story, it also mentions that if Zach doesn't take his meds at the same time every day, evil people who follow him will be back. Anti-psychotic medication takes between 2 and 4 WEEKS to become even moderately effective. I can't think of a single medication for a psychological disorder that will offer significant improvement overnight. AND, with most of the medication, you won't really suffer from an adverse reaction if you miss your dose by a couple of hours. That's one of the reasons it's so hard to keep patients with a disorder like this on their meds- right after they stop taking the meds, they still feel fine and can function as they normally do on their meds, and they don't have to deal with the side-effects, which often include being drowsy, or less alert etc. It's poor research. Stuff like that just doesn't happen with medication. Did he even research the issue?! Most of the story read like that. It felt like the author decided what to write about, realized he wasn't sure he knew enough, did a basic google search, and declared himself an expert. It was unrealistic and disappointing because the events would not have unfolded as depicted. Oh, and the very end? Like, seriously?! How totally lame! Sigh. It wasn't awful, but it wasn't very good either. (less)

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Nov 07, 2008 Christian rated it 3 of 5 stars

I just finished the book I was reading and it was "Inside Out" By Terry Trueman. As an overall book I would have to say it was enjoyable it wasn’t like alot of books I read but it was interesting to say the least. At the beginning of the book it caught my attention, because alot like a bunch of stories that are being published it starts off in the middle to close end. The reader is opened up to the climax for the story and is than brought to the beginning of the story. After about the second cha...more

I just finished the book I was reading and it was "Inside Out" By Terry Trueman. As an overall book I would have to say it was enjoyable it wasn’t like alot of books I read but it was interesting to say the least. At the beginning of the book it caught my attention, because alot like a bunch of stories that are being published it starts off in the middle to close end. The reader is opened up to the climax for the story and is than brought to the beginning of the story. After about the second chapter I started to get "hooked" and I couldn’t put the book down until I finished the book in a matter of 2 hours. The author Terry Trueman did a good job there was a few parts that I thought were kinda redundant, but of course that could have been part of the story. If it was than I missed it all I seemed to have noticed and it to me seemed very redundant (get my picture). Although it is a great leisure book to read on like a rainy day. At the beginning of the book I thought all sorts of things some involving the main character and some that had nothing to do with the main character. So no I didn’t start to figure out what was going to happen until the last some on pages, which is a good way to keep the reader interested.
Throughout the story there are characters I found to like and others that I didn’t care for that much. As an example I would have to say that a character I couldn’t connect to was the character "Joey". There is just something about his personality that I strongly disagree with.
On the flip side 2 characters I liked were Zach and Stormy. I like them both because the author makes them enjoyable by no derogatory language to others and they just seem to have good personal qualities about them.
One thing this book is a rollercoaster of emotions there is a lot of comic relief in the story. Just about every emotion there is the author was able to incorporate into the story through either the character or the reader’s emotion. In my point of view I think that the authors suppose is first this is a continuation in the series that he wrote. Another reason the author could have wrote this story would be even though you might think you are having the worst day and nobody knows how you feel that isn’t necessarily true. What you may not know is that there are others who are having just as bad luck if not worse and don’t complain about it. Also the fact that you should be grateful for what you have and what you don’t have.
While reading the book things kept me reading such as how well the author was able to show highs and lows of each character. All while demonstrating everyday issues that can be caused into situations that are "quiet sticky" that were created out of little issues.
People I would recommend this to would be every teenager because of the fact that we all think that our life is hard and nobody understands. If teens are able to enjoy and read this book it would show that maybe your life is great and that you should appreciate what you have and what you don’t have.
If this book were to be published into a movie actors and actresses would play the part I don’t know any actors and actresses that can’t play the part all they need is to be able to keep a constant acting role but otherwise they all can do it all.
My favorite line of the book is a toss up off the entire book I cant choose one line compared to another with out each the book wouldn’t make since so no I cant choose just one line in the entire book.

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Nov 18, 2008 Jhordan Magoon rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: teenagers

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Book Review
Title: Inside Out
Author: Terry Trueman
Mr. Trueman wrote Inside Out to let us know what it feels like to be schizophrenic. The author’s intended audience would probably have to be teenagers. He did this so teens would get a different point of view then were they stand now, and maybe have a different sense of what it feels like to somebody else, and maybe to get a different state of mind when they make fun of somebody. In Inside Out the main character Zach Wahhsted tells the story. It...more Book Review
Title: Inside Out
Author: Terry Trueman
Mr. Trueman wrote Inside Out to let us know what it feels like to be schizophrenic. The author’s intended audience would probably have to be teenagers. He did this so teens would get a different point of view then were they stand now, and maybe have a different sense of what it feels like to somebody else, and maybe to get a different state of mind when they make fun of somebody. In Inside Out the main character Zach Wahhsted tells the story. It is important because he is the one that has schizophrenia and it would be a totally different story if anybody else told it.
Trueman uses real life time and character’s to make you feel like you are there, everything happens when they are supposed to. Everything in the book is accurate and believable. It makes me feel this way because everything happens in order and nothing jumps around. In Inside Out I can’t really connect to any of the characters, I am not schizophrenic, and I have never robbed a store. I can connect with the robbery scene because I have watched “Law and Order” and in that show people are always robbing stores and threatening to shoot somebody. I think Trueman was successfully in his goals because I learned a lot about schizophrenia, and how they act. You can pretty much get the over view form this quote “Zach’s prognosis, truthfully isn’t good. Schizophrenia is incurable, while medication increases a patient’s ability to function; Zach is unlikely to ever achieve full self-care skills. I am sorry; of course, to have to report this, but to inform you other wise would be unfair and inaccurate (Trueman).” I think this is the goal of Trueman because it was all about him and how he is acting in the scene. Some shows I would compare this book to would be “Law and Order” and cop shows. Some other books that would be comparable to Inside Out are any books that deal with a disease and a story line behind that and how it is to deal with that.
The significance of the title Inside Out is that his whole life if flipped inside out that he has to deal with things from inside then work out to get what the real situation is. I would recommend this book to 8th graders and up. This book is very real and you have to be able to get inside of what he is saying. I would say that Inside Out is very convincing and you get right into. You are so into that you can’t put it down, but once you do it is over and you are happy, it is very short and right to the point. I would give Inside Out four stars out of five.
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Nov 07, 2008 Scott Sherman rated it 4 of 5 stars

When i was reading this book i didn't know wat would happen but it wasn't all that bad. it had to deal with being inside a schhizophrenia mind and what was going threw his head at the time that he was in the middle of a robbery. he was at the wrong place at the wrong time and he when threw allot of stuff bc he when with out his meds for a few hours which isn't good bc with out them he getts a little bit loopy. some of the things he would say is," i wish i had a oatmeal cooky" that is just someth...more

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Sep 15, 2008 Megan rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone really

Recommended to Megan by: My librarian

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Inside Out was a pretty good book. This book was about a 16 year old boy named Zach who had been suffering from Schizophrenia for about 5 years, who ended up being held somewhat hostage at a coffee shop robbery.
After school one day Zach was discovered by his mother with the barrel of a riffle in his mouth because the voices in his head were making him so depressed... which is not an uncommon thing for most Schizophrenic patients to feel suicidal. His mom got rid of the riffle and decided to make...more Inside Out was a pretty good book. This book was about a 16 year old boy named Zach who had been suffering from Schizophrenia for about 5 years, who ended up being held somewhat hostage at a coffee shop robbery.
After school one day Zach was discovered by his mother with the barrel of a riffle in his mouth because the voices in his head were making him so depressed... which is not an uncommon thing for most Schizophrenic patients to feel suicidal. His mom got rid of the riffle and decided to make him go to the coffee shop after school, where she knew he'd be safe from harm. Only later did she realize that the coffee shop wasn't such a safe haven as she thought it would be.

One day as Zach was thinking about his favorite snack, Mapple bars, when two teenage boys with hand guns came in and demanded the money that was inside the cash register, so that they could help their mother who was diagnosed with AIDS.

After a written bargain with the police was made, the boys are making one of the "hostages" stay behind because they don't entirely trust the police. So of coursed Zach agrees, not thoroughly thinking about the situation and the fact that he hasn't taken his medicine yet and it's been way past the time when he should have taken it.
When Zach starts to hear the terrible voices telling him to kill himself he realizes that he's made a big mistake, staying in the coffee shop. Zach's shrink is called to be a whitness to the polices bargain and only when he shows up, can Zach take his medication. So as Zach waits, the voices become meaner and more and more convincing, telling Zach to end his life. Zach tries at one point but is saved by one of the brothers (robbers).

Zach's doctor finally gets there and gives a call to the boys, who then let Zach go because they believe that he wouldn't lie to them.
So Zach finally gets his medicine and the Mapple Bars that he had been craving so much.

About 3 months after the attempted robbery, Zach sadly ends his life... i guess his illness was just too much for him to cope with.

I would recomend this book to anyone who likes a story with some action in it and i really enjoyed this book. It was really addicting actually i wanted to stop reading it but i couldn't.

The only reason that i wouldn't recomend this book is because of the length... it WAYYY to short. a 100 pages more and it would be good to go.
Another reason why someone might not like it is because of word choice. Some wording in this book isn't the most appropriate and yea, other than those few minor things, it's a good book.
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Jun 03, 2008 Shay Rudolph rated it 5 of 5 stars

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When i first read this book i was kinda confused i didnt really understand what the whole meaning was. but after you get into the story ans start to see what is really happening thats when you can get the confusing down and not have to think about that, and you are able to concetrate on what is acutally going on in the story. This is a really good explinantion for the phrase " everything might look fine but on the inside i'm dying". That what you really see in this book a nice boy but a boy that...more

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May 05, 2008 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

Imagine being sixteen-years old, waiting patiently in a coffee shop for your mother to pick you up after work. It's just another day, until two shaken teens with guns show up and take you and a number of other patrons hostage. Suddenly there are cops surrounding the building, promising SWAT teams and armored vehicles if the hostage-takers don't give up. What sort of emotions do you feel? Fear? Anger? Disbelief? Did I mention fear? Yes, if you're a typcial sixte...more

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Nov 28, 2007 Kewpie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Zach can't believe that he is a hostage in a robbery gone wrong. This is partly because the event is so shocking, but also because he is schizophrenic and is used to finding himselves in unbelievable scary situations. During the robbery, we hear his inner monologue that shows his attention wavering and getting more incoherent as he goes longer without his medication. He figures out that the robbery is real, yet is almost certain that his fellow hostages are slowly turning into zombies out to get...more

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